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16 Start with the park Plans for the growth of Ashford include a high quality network of green and blue spaces and Milton Keynes–South Midlands. Around one million new homes are planned to be built by 2016 9 in London and the South East alone. The areas of housing demand are subject to particularly acute social, economic and environmental pressures. Existing communities have to integrate with new neighbourhoods and cope with the additional pressure on public services, roads and infrastructure. A common fear is that new development may destroy much of what is valued. A poor image, poorly designed new buildings and contaminated land can undermine the chances that new development will be of a high standard. As buildings and roads are built, there may be a greater risk of flood, valuable habitats may come under threat and pollution may increase. The government is encouraging higherdensity development in the growth areas – which needs to be matched by an increase in the quality and range of green spaces available to new communities. However, there exist unique challenges facing those responsible for delivering new and expanded communities. Firstly, there are those challenges relating to the provision and creation of good-quality green spaces in these areas, such as competing demands on land or lack of skilled professionals to design and care for green spaces. Secondly, there are challenges created by growth itself: higher housing density, flood control, etc. In these cases green spaces can help overcome challenges by providing a flexible resource that can provide recreational space and/or form flood plains. It is clear that green spaces must perform a range of functions in meeting the needs of local communities.
Green spaces in areas undergoing major change 17 Summary of key challenges and responses - housing growth areas Key challenge Response Case study Area suffers from poor image Develop innovative and inspiring landscape and public realm projects to provide a unique selling point Park Central p26 Area lacks green space Create a hierarchy of spaces that achieve all of the design qualities Parque de la Solidaridad p68 Severed communities Creating new places that are distinctive Use green spaces to link communities and bridge barriers Make the most of heritage and landscape assets Parque de la Solidaridad p68 Landschaftspark p40 Large areas of contaminated land Use planting in cleaning and reusing land Holyhead Copse p92 Lack of integration between different strategies Develop a regional or sub-regional strategy with the role of green space at its heart South Essex Green Grid Strategy p48 Lack of cultural vitality Integrate cultural approaches to urban regeneration into green space design and management Gunpowder Park p80 Lack of community trust in creating new development Creating diversity and managing the need to develop Treat great new parks and gardens as the green dividend for existing communities Use innovative planning techniques to create diverse, pleasant neighbourhoods Greater Ashford Development Framework p44 Greenwich Peninsula p20 Managing phased development Develop the park as the first stage of development Regent’s Park p76 Creating long-term value Create a hierarchy of spaces that achieve the design qualities Minneapolis Park System p8 Lack of green space management skills Managing uncertainty in development Use green space for training Make use of green spaces and buildings for temporary or interim uses St. Peter’s Ward p28 Westerpark District p64 Dealing with flooding and environmental impact Integrate flood storage and sustainability principles into green space design Quaggy River Catchment p60 Creating higher-density housing Include a range of private, communal and public spaces Malmö Bo01 p18
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